yes, you can, just add it to the list:
doorCloseTimerObj = timeout("doorCloseTimer").new(20000, #setDoorClosed,
myDoorObj, param1, param2, param3)
Rich Mayer wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> Can anybody tell me whether it's possible to pass parameters to timeout
> handlers in child objects?
> If so, what does the syntax look likeplease?!!
>
> What I've got right now is something like this: (to set the scene, think
> adventure game! )
>
> doorCloseTimerObj = timeout("doorCloseTimer").new(20000,
> #setDoorClosed, myDoorObj)
> doorLockTimerObj = timeout("doorLockTimer").new(20000,
> #setDoorLocked, myDoorObj)
>
> But since that requires 2 timers where one would have done, and considering
> it's only a very simple scenario anyway, what I'd really like to do would
> be something like the following:
>
> twentySecTimerObj = timeout("20secTimer").new(20000,
> #setState(2), myFurnishingObj )
>
> I know that's not valid lingo in the second case but I think it illustrates
> what I want to do....
>
> The door could have a variety of states (locked, open, ajar, broken,
> missing, etc) all set via one single accessor. Furthermore it doesn't even
> have to be a door. I want to be able to call just one accessor defined in
> one parent script set the state of anything (well, in this case any
> 'furnishing' object), just as I do when not using a timer.
>
> thanks,
> Rich
>
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